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Other than having a crappy camera, where is the G1 lacking?

by nuclear_eclipse 17y ago

bayleo 17y ago
This might sound silly, but it's butt-ugly.
- nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
  Aesthetics are generally relative; I think the iPhones look pretty ugly too, especially the ones with the silver trim. I do wish the standard G1s had the fancy silk-screen designs on the case like the Google Dev Phone, but with a choice of three colors, I really like the black phone, but my wife really liked the brown/tan model. Beyond that, they look quite a lot like T-Mobile's Sidekick models, which are a giant success, or at least where I live...
oomkiller 17y ago
IMO it's lacking first because it's only on T-Mobile, which is one of the smaller carriers in the U.S, so there is less of an incentive to develop apps for it, because there are inherently less users. Another issue is that T-Mobile has a very small service area compared to AT&T or Verizon, so applications that demand connectivity to work effectively would have trouble. This is a big issue for companies that develop applications for serious business/government use like ours (emergency management). Not being able to listen to your Pandora radio is one thing, but not getting alerts about an emergency is totally different story (this is just our case in particular).
- nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
  Well, for one thing, the G1 is not locked to T-Mobile; it will work on any GSM network, which in the US means AT&T, although according to some people, the 3G doesn't work on AT&T because of different radio frequencies. Secondly, while I haven't had much experience outside of the Ohio and New York regions, I've never had any problems with service in the three years I've been with T-Mobile, and they're constantly notifying me of new towers going up in my area. I've looked at their coverage maps, and it really seems to me like you'd have to go way out in farm country or forest areas to lose your signal; anywhere with a highway nearby seems to be covered. But then again, I can't tell if they're stretching the truth or not...

Other than having a crappy camera, where is the G1 lacking?

bayleo 17y ago

This might sound silly, but it's butt-ugly.

nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
Aesthetics are generally relative; I think the iPhones look pretty ugly too, especially the ones with the silver trim. I do wish the standard G1s had the fancy silk-screen designs on the case like the Google Dev Phone, but with a choice of three colors, I really like the black phone, but my wife really liked the brown/tan model. Beyond that, they look quite a lot like T-Mobile's Sidekick models, which are a giant success, or at least where I live...

oomkiller 17y ago

IMO it's lacking first because it's only on T-Mobile, which is one of the smaller carriers in the U.S, so there is less of an incentive to develop apps for it, because there are inherently less users. Another issue is that T-Mobile has a very small service area compared to AT&T or Verizon, so applications that demand connectivity to work effectively would have trouble. This is a big issue for companies that develop applications for serious business/government use like ours (emergency management). Not being able to listen to your Pandora radio is one thing, but not getting alerts about an emergency is totally different story (this is just our case in particular).

nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
Well, for one thing, the G1 is not locked to T-Mobile; it will work on any GSM network, which in the US means AT&T, although according to some people, the 3G doesn't work on AT&T because of different radio frequencies. Secondly, while I haven't had much experience outside of the Ohio and New York regions, I've never had any problems with service in the three years I've been with T-Mobile, and they're constantly notifying me of new towers going up in my area. I've looked at their coverage maps, and it really seems to me like you'd have to go way out in farm country or forest areas to lose your signal; anywhere with a highway nearby seems to be covered. But then again, I can't tell if they're stretching the truth or not...